I'm just wondering how much it will hurt Boris and the Tory party when as most of us on here I think ?(could be wrong definitely)When Boris does in deed cave in to EU demands on fishing and level playing fields and has no intention of no deal and a total bluffer ,after all his hard stand words even ...

Probably not very if we can't attract some other major investors like Japan , Australia,Canada, Saudi etc ( just throwing a few names in the mix but not exclusive ) but hopefully not France/Germany ,that would be a very sad day / admission that UK plc can't attract other major countries without Fran...

Yes I agree think there going to be a large decrease in equipment ie tanks ,planes,ships actual fighting hardware to more of just monitoring/ detection equipment be it autonomous drones to more laptops ,not sure how that going to play out if a shooting war started with critical low mass of hardware ...

Not as bad as the EU at odds with reality that the UK as an independent country has to keep excepting EU rules even tho we not part of the EU now ,now that's dribblings and good luck to EU on that ,as I said we can both play that game ,wto

Why would eu be worried about sick man of Europe lol ,we both go our separate ways and be gracious about it , sniping shouldnt be needed ,the thing is pseudo the UK and EU were always going to come to a parting at some point ,both sides want different things ,we have always been happy with the old E...

Well pseudo could be the last second deal to put pressure on either side as per usual but to tell you the truth I'm really really hoping both sides don't give in , think at this stage it's the best thing for both sides and that's what both sides are really hoping for I think ,Europe said they not ar...

Well still no breakthrough after 7th round so they say ,half the time I think it's just smoke and mirrors and playing to the gallery to make it sound good as they might already have agreed and they just want to make it sound like it was really hard folks and your going to have to except we caved in ...

Would America even sell a b21 too Australia ?

The 3 new tanks that we might get lol,sorry I mean the probably already outgunned 3 new tanks , smashing

2 nuclear or 2 conventional or one of each lord Jim , where do you put your money ?I'd say Def 1 nuclear but 50/50 on the other if they do indeed build 2

Cheers jake1992, it's looking great ,love the Italian navy and their ships ,big fan

Just reading wiki and didn't realize if correct Trieste 47mtrs wide and 550 Cavour only 39 MTRS wide ,so Trieste 8 MTRS wider ,is that correct for people in the know ? Thanks .

When did the last president scrap the French carrier program ie going to leave the French navy without a carrier ? I know they cut a carrier program to only 1 because of financial reasons from 2 carriers but they still had 1 new one going forwards ie c de q ,if as you say they they scrap then they g...

Yes Australia must be thinking somehow that with Japan and South Korea and possibly Singapore all building or converting ships to operate f35b and have a naval fixed wing strike/defence element the their defence Australia is beginning too look behind the curve on this one ,as an large player in the ...

Good point scimitar 54 but I think there's no way that the next president is going to consign the French aircraft carrier to the history books ,think would be political suicide for him

Well after reading that if it's all down to macron and his own choices and baring on mind he not going to be around to take responsibility in a few yrs ,why not go big say build 2 ships from the get go both the same dimensions he may aswell say 75-80k tonnes and just over 300mtrs long ,first one con...

I wouldn't worry about that tbh more about we might not even have the assets soon except for a couple of buzz light-year space invader machines and a couple of laptops,no actual hardware just all cyber and smoke and mirrors ,bet our potential adversarys can't wait , exciting times ahead folks or sho...

Your forgetting serge750 the MOD would only ask for a couple of ribs of Australia for pow ,they tend to just give away stuff and try spin it's a good deal ,and kinda don't think Australia would go as far as a qe class size but something like it's Cavour would be great for them ,in fact think will ri...

After just reading S Korea building a 30-40k full load light carrier I do think Australia really should think about doing the same and a few f35b ,so with Japan X2 S Korea x1 India X2 or 3 , Singapore x1 and Australia x1 ,that's 7 or 8 light f35 carriers around to keep SCS safe , nevermind USN carri...

Why is one corner left out , don't get it shouldn't it be 4 phalanx ?

Aye teaming up would be just for political purposes and no other benefit but would be a massive step backwards for our tech know how sake basically we don't need them or should give our knowledge away as Ron5 says just to be nicked ,im quessin now but I bet engine tech RR are well ahead and I'm gues...

Don't think the will ever merge programs ,think UK wants pure stealth fighter longer range and the French want same but suitable for carrier opps ,not sure how that changes the design criteria between them both but that's the difference ,plus personally I'd have a rolls designed engine over a french...

Are we up for getting it or pie in sky no cash ? Not been following it really

Is it just me or does anybody else have little faith in our powers that be for providing the correct kit too late if anything did kick off with a half peer enemy , personally I think we get our arses kicked in short order

I personally think the Italian navy and it's ships / future ships are great ,why do they seem to get it right and we dont somehow ( I'll answer my own question it's our politicians ,they don't care ) thumbs up Italy